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Jennifer E. Augustine – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this action research was to evaluate the effects of the implementation of blended learning combined with a self-monitoring achievement system on students' self-regulated learning (SRL) skills and academic performance in an eighth-grade English language arts classroom. SRL has been linked to higher academic achievement and success in…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Metacognition
Fuchs, Travis T.; Jellema, Elysia – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2023
This collaborative action research project documents the exploration and student learning outcomes of COVID-19 socioscientific issue-based lessons. Analysis of student interviews, surveys, and work, combined with classroom observations, revealed that COVID-19 socioscientific issue-based lessons improved students' conceptual understanding of the…
Descriptors: Science and Society, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change
Yadu R. Upreti; Bhimsen Devkota; Sheri Bastien; Bal Chandra Luitel – Educational Action Research, 2024
Nutrition education at school can contribute to developing healthy nutritional behaviours in schoolchildren. This paper critically reflects on how participatory action research (PAR) empowered university researchers and a school community to co-develop a school-based nutrition education programme (SBNEP) that promotes healthy nutritional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition Instruction, Action Research, Participatory Research
Jason P. Edwards – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
This qualitative dissertation aimed to understand if an after-school kinesiology service-learning program changed the relationship between a large Research I institution and a local public school. Eight 7th- and 8th-grade students, three classroom teachers, and one administrator participated. Data collection methods included semistructured…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College School Cooperation, Kinesiology, Grade 7
Julie Stivers – Knowledge Quest, 2023
The students at the author's alternative, academic-recovery school come from their base schools and at the author's school are able to rewrite their own school stories. Some of that rewriting naturally happens in the library. Many of the students have experiences at multiple schools, but it is not until they come to the author's school that many…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Student Participation
Robertson, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The typical middle school in the United States is designed for superficial learning rather than deeper learning, compliance rather than engagement. This study sought to understand and develop problem-based learning (PBL), student choice, and community partnerships to increase deeper learning. Participants and data collected in Cycle 1 consisted of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Problem Based Learning, Partnerships in Education, Units of Study
Çarkit, Cafer – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
In this research, audiobook listening experiences of 8th grade students are discussed. In this context, the effect of audiobooks on students' attitudes towards listening is determined and their opinions on audiobooks are evaluated. In the study, action research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The prepared action plan…
Descriptors: Audio Books, Grade 8, Learning Experience, Student Attitudes
Matsekoleng, Tsebo Kgoto; Tomé Awshar, Mapotse – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Smooth implementation of environmental education at public schools in South Africa is hindered by various factors. Consequently, teachers have been unsuccessful or have had only partial success in implementing environmental education in their classrooms to conscientise learners about the environment and the harmful impact of littering. The purpose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Public Schools, Barriers
Eisenbach, Brooke Boback; Corrieri Augusta, Caitlin – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
In seeking out a means of encouraging eighth-grade readers in their literacy and communication development, a university professor and middle grades educator collaborated in an action research study focused on expanding connection and collaboration amongst and between students. Through a theoretical lens grounded in social constructivism, this…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Student Experience, Electronic Learning
Bütüner, Suphi Önder; Baki, Adnan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2020
In this action study, instructional environments were enriched with activities related to the history of mathematics in order to deepen students' beliefs about mathematics and reveal for them fun, interesting, and useful activities. The study enrolled twenty-four 8th-grade students. Data were collected by using multiple data collection tools. The…
Descriptors: History, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
Edirmanasinghe, Natalie; Blaginin, Karla – Professional School Counseling, 2019
Youth participatory action research (YPAR) is a methodology in which youth and researchers collaborate to engage in research within a shared community. This article describes a career intervention conducted with Latina middle school students using YPAR in the school's Latino community outreach program. Participating students were members of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Hispanic American Students, Females, Middle School Students
Mapile, Romyna Fortuna G.; Lapinid, Minie Rose C. – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023
This classroom-based action research aimed to determine the applicability of implementing Collaborative Learning in online setting to help students develop their interaction with one another and improve their academic performance. Participants of the study consisted of Grade 8 intact pilot section of a public school in an urban community which…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities, Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology
Lavy, Ilana – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
This article describes a unique ongoing experience of learning programming via engagement in music programming of known melodies. Seventh and eighth graders participated in 10 lessons of weekly activity. Via the programming of melodies, using the Scratch 2.0 environment, they became acquainted with basic concepts of programming such as methods,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Programming, Music
Jenks, Theodore G. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this action research was to implement a digital game development project and describe its effects on the performance and attitudes of eighth-grade students in a required computer science course at South Carolina School District Alpha. The following research questions were explored: (1) How does the game development project impact…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Active Learning, Student Projects, Games
Nielsen, Maria E.; Bostic, Jonathan D. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2018
"Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All" (NCTM 2014) emphasizes eight teaching practices for effective mathematics teaching, one of which is to "use and connect multiple representations" (NCTM 2014, p. 24). An action that describes how teachers might promote this practice is to "allocate substantial…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Activities, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies